Triviidae is a
taxonomic
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of small
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order
Littorinimorpha
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.
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Taxonomy
The following subfamilies were recognized in the
taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005:
*
Eratoinae Gill
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, 1871
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Eratoini Gill
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, 1871
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tribe
Johnstrupiini Schilder, 1939
**
†
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tribe
Eratotriviini Schilder, 1936
*
Triviinae Troschel, 1863: represented as Triviidae
Troschel, 1863
In the
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet et al., 2017) Eratoinae is now recognized as the family
Eratoidae
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and Triviinae is considered an alternate representation of Triviidae.
Genera
Genera within the family Triviidae include:
*Subfamily
Eratoinae has been raised to the status of family
Eratoidae
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,
Gill, 1871.
*Subfamily
Triviinae (alternate representation of Triviidae)
** ''
Cleotrivia''
Iredale, 1930
** ''
Discotrivia''
C. N. Cate, 1979
** ''
Dolichupis''
Iredale, 1930
** ''
Ellatrivia''
Schilder, 1939
** ''
Gregoia''
Fehse, 2015
** ''
Niveria''
Jousseaume, 1884
** ''
Novatrivia''
Fehse, 2015
** † ''
Prototrivia''
Schilder, 1941
** ''
Pseudopusula''
Fehse & Grego, 2014
** ''
Purpurcapsula''
Fehse & Grego, 2009
** ''
Pusula''
Jousseaume, 1884
** ''
Quasipusula''
Fehse & Grego, 2014
** ''
Semitrivia''
Cossmann, 1903
** ''
Trivellona''
Iredale, 1931
** ''
Trivia
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Broderip, 1837
** ''
Triviella''
Jousseaume, 1884
** ''
Trivirostra''
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;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Austrotrivia'' Fehse, 2002: synonym of '' Ellatrivia'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
* ''Circumscapula'' Cate, 1979: synonym of '' Niveria'' Jousseaume, 1884
* ''Decoriatrivia'' Cate, 1979: synonym of '' Dolichupis'' Iredale, 1930
* ''Discotrivia'' Cate, 1979: synonym of '' Pseudopusula'' Fehse & Grego, 2014
* ''Fossatrivia'' Schilder, 1939: synonym of '' Ellatrivia'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
* ''Galeatrivia'' Cate, 1979: synonym of '' Triviella'' Jousseaume, 1884
* ''Nototrivia'' Schilder, 1939 †
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: synonym of '' Trivellona'' Iredale, 1931
* ''Pseudotrivia'' Schilder, 1936: synonym of '' Trivellona'' Iredale, 1931
* Tribe ''Pusulini'' Schilder, 1936: synonym of '' Triviinae'' Troschel, 1863
* ''Robertotrivia'' Cate, 1979: synonym of '' Trivellona'' Iredale, 1931
* ''Sulcotrivia'' Schilder, 1933 †
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: synonym of '' Niveria'' Jousseaume, 1884
* Tribe ''Triviellini'' Schilder, 1939: synonym of '' Triviinae'' Troschel, 1863
References
Further reading
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Cate, C. N. 1979. A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10:1–126
* Glen Pownall, ''New Zealand Shells and Shellfish'', Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
* Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1982. Comparative morphology of three South African Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 74:111–132
* Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1987. Further studies on the morphology of the Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with emphasis on species from southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:207–254
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Dolin, L. 2001. Les Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique: Révision des genres Trivia, Dolichupis et Trivellona. In: P. Bouchet and B.A. Marshall (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 185:201–241.
* Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . 397 pp.
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